Browse: DVD Video, Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
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Berg: Lulu Barbara Hannigan (Lulu), Natascha Petrinsky (Geschwitz), Tom Randle (Maler & Neger), Dietrich Henschel (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Charles Workman (Alwa), Pavlo Hunka (Schigolch), Ivan Ludlow (Tierbändiger & Athlete)
Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie, Paul Daniel
It's a comparatively rare occurrence to encounter a performance on the opera stage that has such a magnetic visual and physical impact as Barbara Hannigan's portrayal of Berg's tragic heroine...Her... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, DVD of the Month
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Opera, March 2015, Disc of the Month
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Opera, March 2015, Recording of the Week
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Haydn: Il mondo della luna
Dietrich Henschel (Buonafede), Vivica Genaux (Ernesto), Bernard Richter (Ecclitico), Christina Landshamer (Clarice), Maite Beaumont (Lisetta), Markus Schafer (Cecco)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Tobias Moretti (director)
With the ever-responsive Concentus Musicus, [Harnoncourt] duly mines the comically disruptive potential of Haydn's music with unabashed glee... The comic leads are ideally cast...an inventive,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2011, DVD of the Month
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Busoni: Doktor Faust Dietrich Henschel (Doktor Faust), Daniel Brenna (Mephistopheles), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Wagner/Master of Ceremonies), Joseph Dahdahv (Duke of Parma), Olga Bezsmertna (Duchess of Parma)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Cornelius Meister, Davide Livermore
Meister [acquits himself well], conducting by turns with sensitivity and vigour, and capturing effectively the haunting, mysterious sound world of the piece. The orchestral playing could be more... — More…
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Chaya Czernowin: Heart Chamber
Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Noa Frenkel, Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Terry Wey (countertenor), Ensemble Nikel, SWR Experimentalstudio, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Johannes Kalitzke, Claus Guth
There is only the hint of a story; the opera unfolds through a chain of connected situations, whether imagined, dreamlike or real. Bringing this to life is music of fabulous subtlety, its textures... — More…
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Strauss, R: Feuersnot
Nicola Beller Carbone (Diemut), Dietrich Henschel (Kunrad), Alex Wawiloff (Schweiker von Gundelfingen) & Ruben Amoretti (Ortolf Sentlinger)
Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus of the Teatro Massimo, Gabriele Ferro (conductor) & Emma Dante (stage director)
Ferro's conducting is perfectly decent, while there's lively work from the children's chorus especially, giving the lie to the idea that their part is too difficult to be practicable. It's difficult... — More…
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Dietrich Henschel (Orfeo), Maria Grazia Schiavo (Euridice), Sonia Prina (Messenger), Luigi De Donato (Caronte), Antonio Abete (Plutone), Hanna Bayodi (Ninfa)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
The subtlety of Henschel's acting matches the complexity of his vocal characterisation so that, by the end, you not only feel you've been taken on a vast journey from joy to grief and back again,... — More…
